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Microdrones Goes Big

Microdrones Goes Big with Release of mdLiDAR3000, as well as Two New mdMapper Systems Las Vegas, Nevada- Announced today at the Commercial UAV Expo was the launch of the new mdLiDAR3000. It’s the newest LiDAR system from Microdrones that combines the heavy lifting power of the md4-3000 drone with a RIEGL LiDAR and a SONY...

xyHt Magazine October 2018 Issue

Click on the cover below to view the October 2018 issue of xyHt magazine. Articles in the issue include (links will turn live throughout October): The Power of Light – xyHt visits Nikon’s optical surveying instrument production facility. After the Storm – Post-hurricane coastal mapping is a complex process made easier with airborne bathymetry. History, Art, Community –...

The Power of Light

xyHt visits Nikon’s optical surveying instrument production facility. [Photo above: Mika Takeda, inspector at the Nikon-Trimble Zao Operation Center, demonstrates the light weight of the compact instruments Nikon is renowned for manufacturing. In the background: environmental chambers to temper and test components and instruments.] A massive stone table sits in an environmentally controlled room in...

Weekly xyHt News Links: 09/28/2018

CTA Says Drone Language in FAA Bill is a Win for Consumers and Commercial Operations   Juniper Systems releases new Cedar CP3 Rugged Smartphone   USGIF Releases Report on Geospatial Intelligence & Community Resilience   Prof. Döllner from the Hasso Plattner Institute gives keynote at the INTERGEO Conference in Frankfurt Carlson Survey 2019 Brings User...

Atlas Obscura

Atlas Obscura

Fall is a great time for travel: the weather’s cooled off, the youngsters are back in school (and not clogging up the national and state parks), and, as a bonus, there’s the fall foliage to enjoy. Back in the day (you know, before the advent of smartphones and digital maps), I used to rely on...

Weekly xyHt News Links: 09/21/2018

Women’s Geospatial Forum Now On GeoNet Mapping indoors with a smart phone Aceinna launches open-source GNSS+IMU development kit for drones, robots University research uses smartphones for precision GNSS Trimble Adds Galileo and BeiDou to its VRS Now Service in North America INTERGEO report 2018 3DR Launches Site Scan Esri Edition    

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